The 48-year-old Jimmerson (0-1 MMA, 33-18 Boxing) today said he’s itching to fight Slice (4-2 MMA, 2-0 Boxing). The bearded brawler this year embarked on a pro-boxing career after his MMA career fizzled.

The former IBC and NABF light-heavyweight boxing champ hasn’t boxed in nine years, and on Saturday when the UFC goes live on FOX, it will be 18 years to the day that he stepped into the octagon with one boxing glove for an infamous fight against Royce Gracie at UFC 1.

But Jimmerson said he’s got another comeback in him.

“I fought five world champions,” he said. “I’ve got two world titles under my belt. So I’ve proven myself in boxing. Now, he’s coming over in my territory. So let’s see how he does with me.

Gracie, too, is on Jimmerson’s list. He still harbors resentment over being the Brazilian jiu-jitsu legend’s first victim in the octagon.

“I think I was blindfolded,” Jimmerson said. “They didn’t want me to wear the glove. They wanted me to wear two gloves. I said, ‘No, I’ve got a fight coming up against Tommy Hearns for a title fight.’

“But man, I can’t believe the popularity this thing’s got, and now it’s like I’m the joke of the UFC because what happened. I got pushed into it.”

Jimmerson works today at the UFC Gym in Rosemead, Calif., as a boxing trainer and said he still boxes and does MMA.

Boxing, though, is his specialty, and he’s not impressed with Ferguson.

“I just don’t want ‘Kimbo’ to embarrass the sport by coming over here acting like a joke, the way I did with MMA,” Jimmerson said.

Ferguson earned two knockouts over overmatched journeymen in pro-boxing bouts this year.

“I’ll let him go two or three rounds and let him throw all those haymakers, coming in all hard,” Jimmerson said. “But in a couple of rounds, I’ll just set him with my jab, and start throwing straight punches.”

Jimmerson said he’s tried to get the fight, but didn’t say how. So he’s taking his case to the media.

“I haven’t fought in a few years, but ‘Kimbo’ can’t beat me,” he said. “I’ve got too much experience.”